Question 1
How many persons are there in God?
3. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Who is the Redeemer?
The only redeemer is Jesus Christ.
What is God?
God is the Creator and Sustainer of everyone and everything.
Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
Romans 3:23
“for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”
What is a covenant?
An agreement between God and His people.
What is our only hope in life and death?
That we are not our own, but belong to God.
What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
One who is truly human and also truly God.
Romans 14:8
“For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”
1 Corinthians 15:17
“And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”
What is sin?
Sin is not being or doing what God requires in His law.
K-2 Answer: Disobeying God
Why did God make us?
God made us male and female in His own image to glorify Him.
How do we respond to the Risen and Ascended Lord Jesus and His message?
By confession, baptism, and lifelong obedience to Him in the company of the church.
K-2 Answer: By confession, baptism, and lifelong obedience to Him
2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
1 Timothy 2:5-6
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.”
What is idolatry?
Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator.
What does the law of God require?
That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.”
K-2 Answer: Love God, love others
What is the great exchange?
In union with Christ by faith what is His by nature is mine by grace; He takes my sin and shame, and I gain His perfect righteousness
K-2 Answer: In union with Christ by faith what is His by nature is mine by grace
Genesis 1:27
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them".
Matthew 22:37-40
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and Prophets.”
Why is the resurrection important?
It shows that Jesus is true and that He has overcome sin and death.
Why is the ascension important?
It shows Jesus’ exaltation as our ultimate King and Priest, who sends the promised Holy Spirit.
K-2 Answer: It shows Jesus’ exaltation as our ultimate King and Priest
Why are we called ‘Christians’?
Because Jesus the Christ has our highest allegiance and we share His anointing now and forever
K-2 Answer: Because Jesus the Christ has our highest allegiance
Hebrews 9:15
“Therefore He [Jesus] is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the sins committed under the first covenant.”
Romans 1:21, 25
“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened…they exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator.”